Tag Archives: IFA

XtraTime VIDEO: West Bengal top in new AIFF Performance Assessment for States!

As XtraTime reports, the AIFF in its effort to push and instigate the State Associations to contribute to the football development in the concerned states has introduced a points-based assessment system that indicates the performance of the states on the various operational verticals. The top state based on the points …

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XtraTime VIDEO: IFA looking to host whole I-League in Kolkata!

As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA (West Bengal) is looking to host all the matches of the 2020/21 I-League in the city. But they are waiting for the West Bengal sports department to give necessary clearances and the AIFF inform on the hygiene standards needed to host the games.

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VIDEO: Un-Parallel Football Adda ft. Arunava Chaudhuri & others!

In the latest Un-Parallel Football Adda the topic was the IFA Striker Academy’s foreign tie-up through the German Football Academy. The webinar included football coach Biswajit Bhattacharya, Verena Willinek of Brain Soccer Germany and myself Arunava Chaudhuri. Watch the Un-Parallel Football Adda on YouTube above & on Facebook below!

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XtraTime VIDEO: Coaches Who Care hold meeting with IFA!

As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the ‘Coaches Who Care’ organisation visited the IFA office to meet with the IFA top brass to discuss the situation in Bengal. As the situation stands in the Calcutta Football League, there are coaches without degrees who coach while licensed coaches do not have jobs. …

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XtraTime VIDEO: IFA to focus on Bengal talent development!

As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA (West Bengal) met on Monday, June 29 with former players and club officials to discuss on how to develop local Bengali talent. One of the ideas was to enable young Bengali players from the districts to play in the Calcutta Football League, offer …

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XtraTime VIDEO: IFA to set up striker academy in West Bengal!

As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA (West Bengal) met on Monday, June 29 with former players and decided to set up a striker academy in the state. India legend Tulsidas Balaram will be the head of the academy with a number of former Bengal strikers as coaches. The aim …

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XtraTime VIDEO: When can the IFA restart the Calcutta Football League?

As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the Indian Football Association (West Bengal) met former footballers under its secretary Joydeep Mukherjee to discuss the new seasons calender with a focus on the Calcutta Football League. The IFA is currently at a CFL start with its five divisions in the third week of …

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XtraTime VIDEO: Dhanarajan charity match held in Kolkata!

As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the city yesterday witnessed a charity match for the late Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan’s family at the Mohammedan Sporting ground. Some of the biggest names of the last few years, former team mates were part of the charity match in which a Bengal Xi took on Income …

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